Editorial note — Chapter XVII · : Principal Causes Maintaining The Democratic Republic—Part III
Henry Reeve translation
f [ Unless this term be applied to the functions which many of them fill in the schools. Almost all education is entrusted to the clergy.]
g [ See the Constitution of New York, art. 7, Section 4:— “And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions: therefore no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State.”